ID

FBW002731      TV drama

Country / Year

USA, 1956

Original Title

Frontiers of Faith: In the Beginning

Directed by

Joseph Mindel

Produced by

; in partnership with Jewish Theological Seminary

Dates

- 04 Nov 1956: Premiere

Abstract

Based on the short story "The last dance" by Hillel Seidelman, the play takes place in the Warsaw Ghetto on a jewish holiday (Simhat Torrah). This builts the setting for exploring moral and spiritual issues.

Subject Terms

Worship; Warsaw (Ghetto)

Bibliography

- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976
- Shandler, Jeffrey: While America Watches: Television and the Holocaust in the United States, from 1945 to the Present. New York, NY: Columbia University (Dissertation), 1995
- Shandler, Jeffrey: While America Watches. Televising the Holocaust. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999